Counting attachment for printing-presses.



W. J. RAMSAIER. COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 14, 1911.

Patented May 16, 1911.

TI'TE STATES WILLIAM J. RAMSAIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

pCOUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING-'PRESSES.

Specificatidn of Letters Patent. I Patented May 16, .1911,

Application filed January 14, 1911. Serial No. 602,610.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I. .VV1.LLIA1\I J. RAMsAmn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county,

and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counting Attachments for Printing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the combination of a printing press and a counting device designed particularly for counting the number of impressions made by a. platen printmg press. 1

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple, compact and accurately operating device so constructed that it may be secured to a printing press in proper position for operation and with the numbers of the counter in such position that they may be at all times observed by the press operator as he feeds paper to the press.

Another object of the invention is -to construct the device with an independent supporting frame or standard carrying all of the operating parts of the device, and which may be connected to a stationary part of the out printing will not operate the counter.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a platen printing press known as Colts Armory press, with my counting attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 anenlarged detail of a portion of the counting attachment, the parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1 with the platen at which work on said ways. The bridge is rocked by means of a pair of pitmen or connecting rods 8, (only one of which is shown in the drawings) andsaid rods receive niotion from a crank disk 9, said disk being rotated in any suitable manner. The bridge is adjusted toward and from the bed by means of a throw-ofi bar 10 connected to eccentric sleeves 11 which enter the sides of the bridge, so that by throwing the said throw-off bar rearwardly the bridge will be moved rea'rwardly sufficiently to prevent. the platen engaging the type form so that upon the forward movement of the bridge no impression will be made. All of these features are old and well-known in the aforesaid Colts- Armory universal printing press and form no part of my invention.

My counting attachment is designed to be operated by the forward movement of; the bridge, and the operating lever of the attachment is designed to be so placed that it will be engaged and moved by the forward edge of the bridge just as the platen is making an impression, and the said lever is so adjusted and positioned that it will not be operated when the throw-off bar is moved rearwardly to prevent the platen making an impression, as will be fully hereinafter described.

The operating parts of the counter are supported on a standard 12 which standard is adjustably supported on a stud 13 secured in the side of the press frame below the for ward end ofvone of the tracks or ways 6. These presses as they are now manufactured are provided with an aperture in the frame at this point and the standard is so designed that the supporting stud 13 may be secured in this aperture, thereby avoiding the necessity of forming a special aperture for the reception of this stud. On the standard is pivoted a horizontally swinging operating lever 14, having its shorter arm extending inwardly toward the machine frame and in the line of travel of the adjoining side of the bridge. This lever is so positioned with respect to the travel of the bridge that 1t will be engaged byand swung inwardly toward the printing form and type bed just as the bridge completesits inward swinging movement. The inner end of this lever terminates short of the side of the press and has an upwardly turned arm 15 so that said arm will be engaged by the side of the bridge should there be a variation in the height of ariation 'ons the vertical this means i 1 the "v. 1 V i a name even snoul-c re in its vertical position, orovided, however, said d? a not exceed the length oi the d of longer arm e lower end of a a he levi, enga vertical cc-iuitcr-actua ng 16 which is Noted on the side of the stand ard. On the upper end of the lever, and, substantially on H level with the upper surface of the bridge n'icunted a ccuine: 1? of any suitable i no. This counter is operated through a shaft 18 on the outer end of which is secured an operating {UPI-"i1 The upper end. of the lever 16, is connected to the lower free end of the counter-operating arm 19 by means of a spring 20 to provide a yielding connection between said lever and arm. As the countenopcrating arm has a fixed limit of movement and the counter-actuating lever may vary slightly in its length of movement, the spring will yield to compensate for this differential movement.

In order to adjust the operating lever accurately and to bring its inner end into proper position to be engaged by the forward or inner edge of the oridge at the proper instant, an. adjusting screw 21 is mounted on the standard and engages the rear edge of said lever. means of this screw the lever may be turned on its pivot and accurately adjusted to secure the proper operation of the counting device.

Having now fully described my invention, What I as new and desire to secure by letters Patent is 1. The coi'nbination of a printing press if-rovided with a rocking bridge carrying a ffi'lp'iilfig platen, horizontal stud mounted n the side oi press frame, a vertical. i

@andard adjustahlv mounted on said stud,

a horizontal oper lever carried by said ndard, one end of said lever being in posiu tohe' ged hy the rocking bridge as npletes the printing mover co d ran. at the inner not uatir i lever st a Aida rd. an d Nil " a counter i, v, yienluuj; means meeting the lever to Me said inter whereby as the bridge cou'u'iletcs the lug movement the counter will be ac attachment for printing 1; a standard horiz n by sai er standarc and T eonuec i ope-1 sting lever, a counter, a counte ing arm connected thereto, an d a 5 device connecting the counter arm to the upper end of the actuating lever,

3. A counting attachment for n'intin presses comprising a standard, a horizon operating lever carried by said standard, a vertical actuating lever pivoted to said standard and operativoly connected wit the operating lever, a counter, a counter-operating arm connected thereto, a spring device connecting'the counter arm to the upper end of the actuating lever, and means "for ad justing the operating lever on its pivot to properly position said lever with respect to the printing press operating parts.

4. i counting attachment for printing presses comprising a standard, a horizontal. stud adapted to be supported in the side of the press frame, means foradjuslahly curing the standard on said stud, whereby said standard may be adjusted toward or from the side of the press, a horizontal operating lever carried by said stai'idard, the

inner end of said lever being extended in a vertical plane, a vertical actuating lever pivoted to said standard and Ol fiLlflil'Ytly connected with the operating lever, a counter fixed to the top oi. the standard above the horizontal operating lever, a counter operating arm connected to the counter, and means connecting the upper end of the actuating lever with the counter arm,

'5. A counting attacl'iment for printing presses comprising a standard, a horizontal.

operating lever carried by said standard, a vertical actuating lever pivoted to said standard, and opcratively conneclod. with the operating lever, a counter, a coiuitcr on crating arm connected (harem, means connecting the end of the counter arm to the upper end of the actuating lever, and means for adjusting the operating lever on its pivot 'to properly position said lever with, 1es 'J -,=.:i

tothe printing press opelating parts in Icstmiony \vlicrecr i hereunto iill' signature in the presence oi iu'o "wit. this Til). day of January Ulll.

NlllLl AM ltl'ilviihll Eli.

lVitnesses W11. R. DAvis, F. MILLER. 

